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Seventeen year old Nora Holmes is an artist, a painter from the moment she could hold a brush She inherited the skill from her grandfather, Robert, who s always nurtured Nora s talent and encouraged her to follow her passion Still, Nora is shocked and elated when Robert offers her a gift an all expenses paid summer trip to Europe to immerse herself in the craft and to study history s most famous artists The only catch Nora has to create an original piece of artwork at every stop and send it back to her grandfather It s a no brainer Nora is in Unfortunately, Nora s mother, Alice, is less than thrilled about the trip She worries about what the future holds for her young, idealistic daughter and her opinions haven t gone unnoticed Nora couldn t feel unsupported by her mother, and in the weeks leading up to the trip, the women are as disconnected as they ve ever been But seconds after saying goodbye to Alice at the airport terminal, Nora hears a voice call out Wait Stop I m coming with you Read And We're Off – kino-fada.fr 8.5 out of 10 This was actually pretty good read No happy endings, no bad endings Just life RTC.I received this via GoodReads Giveaways in an exchange for my honest review All my opinions are my own Writing 3.5 starsCharacters 3.5 starsPlot 3 stars Where s the half stars P Right away I liked Nora for being a fellow fangirl her drawings sound like something I would have loved to have if I could cough up the spare cash for a print in a fancy or semi fancy frame And the fact that she wasn t a prodigy when it came to Art and still had doubts about herself and still I received this via GoodReads Giveaways in an exchange for my honest review All my opinions are my own Writing 3.5 starsCharacters 3.5 starsPlot 3 stars Where s the half stars P Right away I liked Nora for being a fellow fangirl her drawings sound like something I would have loved to have if I could cough up the spare cash for a print in a fancy or semi fancy frame And the fact that she wasn t a prodigy when it came ...The story of an all expenses paid summer trip to Europe could be the pinnacle of the kind of escapist beach read that spreads a little ray of sunshine upon readers any time of year they choose to pick it up Book of the Month judge Dana Schwartz makes her YA fiction debut with her signature wit and plenty of voice, following the highs and lows of a mother daughter team making their way ac...Easy summer read, yes But I still can t get past the horrible relationship with her mom, how everything just seems to go wrong, and how so many things are just left unfinished at the end This book definitely could have been longer and explored way .Funny and spent an admirable amount of time describing pastriesFun summer read about a budding artist trying to spend a summer being artsy and independent, but being thwarted by her mom tagging along All the characters felt very authentic, the dialogue was very real, and I loved that Nora, the main character, had a lot of problems, but they were all also very realistic and I never felt like they were made up to make herinteresting or layered Her parents are divorced, and neither she nor her mom are really deal wel...GOODREADS YOU SOLD ME AT GILMORE GIRLSVery quick read This one s tough because I expectedgrowth from Nora and Alice, and what you get instead is a final chapter resolution with little build up The book had little to hold on to other than a few nice moments between the mother and daughter sparse...4 5 I think it was a solid contemporary that was pure and pretty relatable to life in general a great summer readI read this summary and I was so excited to read this book I even found myself laughing a bit in the first chapter, but I honestly don t know where the story lost me exactly I obviously have mixed feelings about this read While I didn t love it I certainly didn t dislike it Nora lives and breathes art it doesn t help that she has a grandfather who has famous paintings and helps nurture her talent Her mother on the other hand is less than supportive When Nora gets accepted into a I read this summary and I was so excited to read this book I even found myself laughing a bit in the first chapter, but I honestly don t know where the story lost me exactly I obviously have mixed feelings about this read While I didn t love it I certainly didn t dislike it Nora lives and breathes art it doesn t help that she has a grandfather who has famous paintings and helps nurture her talent Her mother on the other hand is less than supportive When Nor...

And We're Off
  • English
  • 15 September 2019
  • Hardcover
  • 272 pages
  • 0448493810
  • Dana Schwartz
  • And We're Off